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34:13

OSIRIS-Rex Sample Return Capsule Overflowing with...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/11/04

SpaceTime 20201104 Series 23 Episode 117*OSIRIS-Rex sample return capsule overflowing with regolithTwo days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA OSIRIS-REx mission managers confirmed that the spacecraft collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission objectives -- acquiring at least 60 grams of the asteroid’s surface material.*The best place in the universe to live isn’t EarthA new study claims Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe. Astronomers have

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40:00

Lunar Water is More Abundant Than Previously Thought

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/11/02

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime 20201102 Series 23 Episode 116*Lunar water is more abundant than previously thoughtAstronomers have found that water may be far more abundant on the Moon than previously thought.*The Milky Way’s clumpy galactic haloA new study has concluded that our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a lumpy halo of hot gases continuously being fed by material ejected by the birth and death of stars.*Expedition 63 crew return safely to EarthAfter 196

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25:56

BepiColombo's First Venus Flyby Completed

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/30

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 115*BepiColombo undertakes its first Venus flybyThe BepiColombo mission has completed the first of two Venus flybys needed to set it on course with the Solar System’s innermost planet, Mercury.*Problems worsen aboard the International Space StationRussian mission managers say the International Space Station is working normally with no threat to the safety of the crew despite a string of problems and equipment failures.*China carries out its first sea

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29:36

OSIRIS-REx Success!

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/28

SpaceTime with Stuart GarySeries 23 Episode 114*OSIRIS-REx successfully touches down on asteroid BennuNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully touched down on the surface of the boulder-strewn asteroid Bennu – collecting samples of the space rocks regolith before returning to orbit.*Pluto’s snow-capped mountainsIn 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered spectacular snow-capped mountains on Pluto, which are strikingly similar to mountains on Earth.*Another space junk near missA disused

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30:32

Betelgeuse Closer and Smaller than Thought

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/26

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 113*Betelgeuse closer and smaller than thoughtA new study has found the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is closer and smaller than previously thought.*Thunderbolts and lightning very very frighteningTwo extreme bolts of lightning have smashed previous records for duration and distance.*Dream chaser getting closer to its maiden flightSierra Nevada Dream Chaser spaceplane has completed its wind tunnel testing as it moves closer to its planned first mission

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26:37

Nearby Supernova Exploded Just Two and a Half Million...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/23

*Nearby supernova exploded just two and a half million years agoScientists have found telltale chemical signatures of a massive star between 11 and 20 times the mass of our Sun going supernova just two and a half million years ago in our stellar neighbourhood.*A successful 13th test flight for New ShepardBlue Origin has successfully completed its13th and latest test flight of its New Shepard spacecraft which will eventually carry tourists to the edge of space.*New top-secret satellite ground station

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24:06

The Neutron Star Collision That’s still Producing...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/21

*The Neutron Star collision that’s still producing X-rays three years laterAstronomers are still detecting X-rays being emitted from where two neutron stars collided three years ago.*Record-setting flight to the space stationThe expedition 64 crew has safely arrived aboard the International Space Station following a record-breaking two-orbit fast rendezvous flight aboard their Russian Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft.*Crew fail to fix air leak on the space stationThe crew aboard the International Space

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40:40

One of Life’s Building Blocks Produced Faster than...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/19

*One of life’s building blocks produced faster than thoughtA new study has found that stars produce carbon – one of the key building blocks of life as we know it -- 34 per cent faster than previously thought.*OSIRIS Rex about to touch down on asteroid BennuThe final countdown is now underway in preparation for NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft to touch down onto the surface of the asteroid Bennu to collect samples for eventual return to Earth.*North Korea’s monstrous new missileThe world got a wake-up

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27:07

If Not for Jupiter

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/16

*Venus might have been a habitable world if not for JupiterA new study claims Venus might not be the sweltering, waterless hellscape it is today if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the Sun.*A new view of the northern skyNASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite – TESS – has provided astronomers with a new view of the northern skies revealing a panorama of both familiar stars and newly discovered worlds.*Is Earth about to get another moonEvery now and then a passing near Earth asteroid gets

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38:48

NASA’s Dragonfly Drone Mission to Titan

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/14

*NASA’s Dragonfly drone mission to TitanA new study has found relatively fresh exposed water ice in impact craters on the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan. The findings could prove beneficial in plans for the proposed Dragon fly mission to send a drone aircraft to Titan.*Mars Close ApproachThe red planet Mars is putting on its best show in years right now.*New comic commode rockets into orbit – the dynamic space dunny To go where no man has ever gone before might no longer be accurate – but a new

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34:08

More Liquid Water Lakes Found on Mars

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/12

*More liquid water lakes found on MarsResearchers have found evidence of a patchwork of salty liquid water lakes below the surface of the red planet Mars.*Einstein’s description of gravity just got harder to beatThey say you don’t bet against Einstein – and that’s been proven yet again in a new study of supermassive black holes.*COVID-19 delays NASA’s Northern Territory launch programEquatorial Launch Australia says it will be the middle of next year before NASA begins launching rockets from its new

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28:57

Discovery of an Unknown Stellar Population at the...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/09

*Discovery of an unknown stellar population at the galactic centreAstronomers have found an unknown population of stars near the very heart of the Milky Way galaxy.*Sweden to stop helping China’s space programStockholm has announced that Sweden will cease providing satellite ground station services to China or accept new Chinese space business because of changes in what it euphemistically calls the global political landscape. *New Spanish Earth Observation satelliteAfter leaving the Airbus premises

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28:07

A Missing Ingredient in Dark Matter Theories

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/07

*A missing ingredient in dark matter theoriesAstronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark matter behaves.*First detection of a planet larger than the star it’s orbitingFor the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a giant exoplanet orbiting a small white dwarf star.*New Chinese surveillance satelliteChina has launched a new ocean-monitoring satellite.*The Science ReportScientists have identified a new gene linked to obesity.Study finds

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27:31

Answering the Question: Is Anyone Out There?

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/05

*Answering the question: is anyone out there?Forget what you’ve seen on Star Trek, it looks like our part of the Alpha Quadrant is quite devoid of advanced alien life.*Second alignment plane of solar system discoveredAstronomers have found a second alignment plane in the solar system. The findings have important implications for models of how comets originally formed in the solar system.*School bus-sized asteroid sweeps past EarthAn asteroid the size of a bus has zoomed past the Earth flying just 21

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38:16

Asteroid Bennu Proves Life is Full of Vesta Situations

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/10/02

*Asteroid Bennu proves life is full of Vesta situationsA new study suggests material from the main belt asteroid Vesta has been discovered on the surface of the near Earth asteroid Bennu.*NASA signs agreement with US Space ForceNASA has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the new United States Space Force.*Nebra Sky Disk iron not bronze ageA new study claims the Nebra Sky Disk – an ancient cosmological sky map – thought to be the world's oldest depiction of the cosmos -- is actually a

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21:16

Does the Sun May Have a Binary Partner?

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/30

*New study claims the Sun may have had a binary partnerA new study suggests the Sun may once have been part of a binary star system with a companion of similar mass.*A new more puzzling view of the universeNew data from the Slone Digital Sky Survey suggests the current rate of expansion of the universe – known as the Hubble Constant -- is about 10 percent lower than the expansion rate measured from distances to very nearby galaxies.*Astra Rocket Launch failureSpace is hard as Astra aerospace now

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34:16

A New Type of Supernovae

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/28

*A new type of supernovaeA new study suggests that an unusual fast-spinning highly magnetic type of exploding star in the early universe may be responsible for creating some of the heaviest naturally occurring elements on the periodic table.*New data shows Saturnian ice moon Enceladus resurfacing its frozen crustNew data suggests the northern hemisphere of Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus has recently been resurfaced with material from the frozen world’s interior.*China’s toxic space programThe dangers

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34:14

Solar Cycle 25 Formally Underway

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/25

*Solar cycle 25 formally underwayScientists have determined that our local star has now formally moved into a new solar cycle which is expected to peak with a new Solar Maximum in 2025.*Asteroid Bennu ejecting particles into spaceWhen NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, mission scientists knew that their spacecraft was orbiting something strange.*Sentinel 6A getting ready for launchRecords show that, on average, global sea levels have risen by 3.2 millimetres per year between

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25:15

Southern Launch’s First Flight's a Big Success

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/23

*First flights from Southern Launch’s new Australian rocket range a big successSouthern Launch has undertaken its first flights from its new rocket test range in western South Australia.*263 new Near-Earth objects detected over the past monthThe latest data from the European Space Agency’s Near-Earth Objects co-ordination centre indicates there are now at least 23 thousand 423 asteroids and 111 comets on orbits which bring them close to Earth’s orbit around the Sun.*Another successful test for

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34:13

Special Edition - A Signature for Life Discovered in...

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary ·

2020/09/21

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 23 Episode 98 - Special Edition*A signature for life discovered in the clouds of VenusA special edition looking at the discovery of a potential signature for life in the form of phosphine in the clouds enshrouding the planet Venus. *What does the detection of phosphine really mean?*And how excited should we really get*I speak with astronomers and astrobiologists to look at all those questions and more on this special episode of SpaceTime.Sponsor Details:This episode

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